Endangered New Jersey: Are You in North Jersey Bear Country?


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The NJ DEP is advising residents and outdoor enthusiasts in North Jersey, especially in areas regularly frequented by black bears, to strictly adhere to guidelines for eliminating or securing potential black bear food sources during the fall period when bears feed extensively to build fat layers for hibernation.

Black bears may be especially on the hunt this season for high calorie foods, such as food scraps in household trash and bird seed from outdoor bird feeders, due to localized scarcities of acorns and other tree nuts, which are an important black bear food source known as ''mast.''

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 10/6/2011 10:00 AM
Categories: Bears
Tags: black bears bear country North Jersey hibernation acorns
 

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